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Accession Number | EXDOC063 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Object type | Letter |
Maker |
Wavell, Archibald |
Date made | 1941 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Wavell, Sir Archibald (General, Commander in Chief, Middle East, b.1883 - d.1950)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Field Marshal Archibald Wavell, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, KStJ, PC, Middle East Command, 1941.
Wallet 1 of 1 - Wallet consists of a note dated 5 January 1941 written by Commander-in-Chief Middle East Archibald Wavell to Percy Claude Spender, Minister for the Army, to congratulate him on the victory of the Australian troops and on the capture of a large number of prisoners at the Battle of Bardia in Libya, 3-5 January 1941.